#74B4E7#74B4E7

#74B4E7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.099 H 243.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74B4E7
RGB	rgb(116, 180, 231)
HSL	hsl(207, 71%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(207, 50%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.8%, 22.1%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.95, -6.65, -31.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.95, 32.52, 258.20°)
OKLab	oklab(74.65% -0.0439 -0.0888)
OKLCH	oklch(74.65% 0.099 243.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.9424, 42.1221, 81.7168)
Luminance	0.4213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74B4E7 #E7A774

analogous

#74E7E1 #74B4E7 #747AE7

triadic

#74B4E7 #E774B4 #B4E774

tetradic

#74B4E7 #E174E7 #E7A774 #7AE774

square

#74B4E7 #E174E7 #E7A774 #7AE774

split-complementary

#74B4E7 #E7747A #E7E174

monochromatic

#2179C0 #4098DE #74B4E7 #A8D0F0 #DCECF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#74B4E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#74B4E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74B4E7

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74B4E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74B4E7	1.00	2.23	9.42	9.42
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB4E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA8E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#39C0C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74b4e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 180, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.099 243.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2caee',
    500: '#74b4e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74b4e7;
$custom-light: #a2caee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74b4e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.609,
    "s": 70.552,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74653,
    "c": 0.09901,
    "h": 243.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74B4E7

secondary

#EDD9CA

accent

#6813D3

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #74B4E7

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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